But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received…

Hope gives believers confidence and reassurance in this present life, allowing them to lead effective lives for God. It also reassures them of the reality of eternal life, allowing them to face death with confidence.

1 Peter is a book about hope. We need this hope because as you look around you see a number of people who seem hopeless. At best, they seem to just be “going through the motions” in life. At worst, they are filled with despair. It is easy to be hopeless as we focus on planes crashing, out of control…

When I was a child my family would take trips to Portugal almost every other year and our trips to Portugal were never complete without visiting the ever famous tourist trap Fatima. For those who don't know the story of Fatima well apparently Mary the mother of Jesus came down from heaven and appeared…

Salvation is an Internal Renewal Through Faith by Grace. While Paul and Barnabas are in Antioch spending time with the disciples there and encouraging them, “Some men came down from Judea and began teaching the brethren, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.’”…

In 1997 the journal of the American Heart Association reported on some remarkable research. According to the Chicago Tribune, Susan Everson of the Human Population Laboratory of the Public Health Institute in Berkeley, California, found that people who experienced high levels of despair had a 20 percent…

Hope gives believers confidence and reassurance in this present life.

Many families have Easter traditions. Perhaps you have a family dinner or Easter Egg hunt. I hope worship is a regular Easter tradition in your family. I remember as a kid looking for Easter baskets that were generally hidden somewhere in the house. These are fun times and such traditions build cherished…

Where is Your Comfort? Six Questions

Introduction Good morning and welcome to First Community Church where we worship God in Spirit and in Truth, one verse at a time. Thank you for the wonderful song service and please church, always keep our worship team in your prayers as Satan does not like them ushering us to the throne of grace, therefore,…

Prayer and Devotional during in shelter state edict.

Salvation that Works 1 Blessed is the man That walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord ; And in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by…

Speak To It 6 So he answered and said to me: “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the Lord of hosts. 7 ‘Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain! And he shall bring forth the capstone With shouts of “Grace, grace…

What is Hope? HOPE, n . [The primary sense is to extend, to reach forward.] A desire of some good, accompanied will at least a sight expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable. Hope differs from wish and desire in this, that it implies some expectation of obtaining the good desired,…

Turn to Titus 2 and John 8 . Our journey through the Believe series is almost finished. Today, next Sunday and I’ll wrap it up with a review and summary on July 7. Please email me what you’ve learned, how you’ve grown since we started. This morning, our topic is gentleness. The word gentleness probably…

Hope means more than a vague wish that something will happen. It is a sure and confident expectation in God’s future faithfulness and presence. The horizon of Christian hope extends beyond death into an eternity prepared by God himself, the reality of which is guaranteed by Jesus Christ.

Proverbs 13:12 – Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life. (New King James Version) What Are Poor Substitutes for Biblical Hope? __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________…

What is the love of God? The love of God to us, is what He did for us 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 3 For we also once were foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice…

Start Recording Introduction What is our responsibility as regenerate people living in a pagan society? 1 Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, 2 to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy…